Consistent with our support for the inherent rights and dignity of all persons, we celebrate and call for action on International Women’s Day on March 8.  International Women’s Day (IWD), is a global recognition and call to action that is  dedicated to recognizing the achievements of women and advocating for gender equality. Established by the United Nations…

The Origin of the North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) The North American Unitarian Association (NAUA) was founded in 2022 as a response to concerns that the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) had shifted away from its core values of religious freedom, intellectual inquiry, and diversity of thought. A group of Unitarian Universalists, including congregational leaders and laypeople, felt that the…

We have released all of the videos from the 1st NAUA Summit held in Spokane Wa. Oct 17-20 2024. The videos are available now from the NAUA Youtube channel. These videos include all of the general sessions and workshops, keynote speech, Sunday worship and a slide show from the Summit. Thanks to John Wunderlin for editing and producing…

North American Unitarian Association hosted its first conference at Spokane church with a focus on political division from keynote speaker John Wood Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIF4aO7TdS0&t=416s Recent Posts Archives

NAUA & the Future of Liberal Religion As NAUA prepares for this session. Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof shares his thoughts about the direction it should take in its efforts to help Unitarianism and liberal religion to carry on and thrive. This presentation will include his ideas about membership growth, outreach, and future kinds so…

Have you been caught trying to prepare or deliver a short elevator speech, that lets others know what is the problem with the current ideological focus in many of our social institutions?  If this describes your experience some days, you likely will really appreciate and learn from  Susan Neiman’s new book – Woke is Not Left…

Many of us experienced mind expanding learning when we read British Academic, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay’s best selling book Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody. This book traced the common ideological thread from postmodern thought and practice as it evolved through Feminism, Gay and Lesbian, Queer,…

NAUA is very pleased to announce that John Wood Jr. will be joining us as the keynote speaker for the historic first NAUA Summit in Spokane Oct 17-20th. John Wood Jr. is a leading figure in the American depolarization movement. He is national ambassador for Braver Angels, the United States largest grassroots, bipartisan organization dedicated to political…

Our age is known for violence. It has been marked by alienation. It has spawned bureaucracy. It has embraced cynicism. Yet human beings yearn for alternatives; they long to matter. They hunger for a community of shared values reflecting the triumph of intelligence and the life of the spirit. From Carnegie Commission’s Study on Future…

While many of us had the opportunity to hear Rev. Eklof present an amended version of Rev. John Dietrich’s 1918 sermon,  “Unitarianism and Freedom of Thought”, last Sunday on UUSpokane zoom, some of you did not. For me, it was an extremely powerful and meaningful experience. While one can watch the Service on YouTube. However, there are so many…